About two dozen members of Somos Familia Valle, an LGBTQ community group based out of the San Fernando Valley, gathered in North Hills Monday to promote peace and tolerance following the alleged murder of a gay man by his own father.

The support rally was held at the corner of Nordhoff Street and Sepulveda Boulevard less than a mile from the murder scene.

“When one of these family tragedies happen, this sends a strong message that there’s a lot more work that we need to do, anti-violence work, work to educate our communities to rise above homophobia and transphobia and most importantly, to really address mental health issues,”